Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of proof is not proof of absence.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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